Port St Mary
Port St Mary is a village district in the south-west of the Isle of Man.

Port St Mary is a village district in the south-west of the Isle of Man. The village takes its name from the former Chapel of St Mary which is thought to have overlooked Chapel Bay in the village. Its population is 1,953 according to the 2011 census. In the 19th century it was sometimes called Port-le-Murray.
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Worth seeing in and around Port St Mary
5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Mull Hill
Meayll Hill is a small hill in the exclave of Rushen parish at the southern end of the Isle of Man, just outside the village of Cregneash. It is the site of a chambered cairn called Meayll Circle or Mull Circle.
1.9 km · hill on the Isle of Man · Wikipedia - 02Bradda Hill
Bradda Hill is a headland some 2 kilometres north of the village of Port Erin on the Isle of Man. It is not to be confused with Bradda Head which is about 2 kilometres to the SW. The path to the summit from Bradda West is part of the Raad ny Foillan, the Isle of Man Coast long distance footpath.
3.7 km · 233m high hill on the Isle of Man · Wikipedia - 03Balladoole
Chapel Hill, Balladoole is a significant historical and archaeological site in Arbory on the Isle of Man. The site is a short distance from Castletown in the south of the Island.
3.1 km · historic monument site on the Isle of Man · Wikipedia - 04Port St Mary Town Hall
Port St Mary Town Hall is a municipal building on The Promenade, Port St Mary, Isle of Man. It accommodates the offices and meeting place of the Port St Mary Commissioners.
300 m · Municipal building · Wikipedia - 05Isle of Man Railway Museum
The Isle of Man Railway Museum in the village of Port Erin on the Isle of Man is a small museum of the history of the Isle of Man Railway from its founding in 1873 to the present, including the now-closed lines that served Peel, Ramsey and Foxdale, and the remaining open line between Douglas and Port Erin.
1.7 km · railway museum, history museum in Rushen, Isle of Man · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Chapel Beach
- 02Cregneash
A restored crofting hamlet, picturesque with its white-harled and thatched cottages and often used as a film and TV location.
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Things to do
Boat trips sail from the harbour to the Calf of Man. Golf: Port St Mary Golf Club is on the hill south of the harbour. This is nine holes, day ticket £15.
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Where to eat
Fresh Fried & Crispy, Station Rd IM9 5BF (junction with Promenade),. Wed-Sat 5-8PM. Fish & chips cafe, eat in or take away.
- 01Andrea's
Bay View Rd IM9 5DA,.
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Getting to Port St Mary
- Airports
- Isle of Man (IOM), 8 km · Belfast (BFS), 116 km · Dublin (DUB), 123 km
- Stations
- Colby railway station, 3.1 km · Level railway station, 2.2 km · Port Erin railway station, 1.7 km · Port St Mary railway station, 700 m
- Belfast → Port St Mary96 km · quickest by ferry, 7h 2m · £112–232
- Dublin → Port St Mary129 km · quickest by ferry, 5h 12m · €67–152
- Liverpool → Port St Mary138 km · quickest by ferry, 5h 2m · £67–153
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No local-transport research exists yet for Port St Mary
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Port St Mary. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inPort St Mary is 13 miles southwest of Douglas the capital and ferry port, and 4 miles west of Ronaldsway Airport ().
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Next door to Port St Mary
- Port Erintown1.7 km
- Cregneashvillage on the Isle of Man2.1 km
- Rushenparish in the sheading of the same name in the Isle of Man1.2 km
- Colbyvillage on the Isle of Man3.5 km
- Ballakilphericvillage on the Isle of Man3.8 km